Education

Educates elementary school students on dog behavior and how to prevent dog bites.

Offers shelter tours to schools and organizations.

Assistance

Enforces Anchorage Municipal Code Title 17 (Animals), including responding to animal welfare concerns and nuisance complaints such as barking, investigating dog bites and animal attacks and assisting loose and injured animals. To request a welfare check on an animal, report a loose or injured animal, report an animal bite or file a complaint about an animal, please contact Animal Control Dispatch at 343-8119.

Location and Contacts

Anchorage Animal Care and Control serves the entire Municipality of Anchorage, from Girdwood to Eklutna.

The Department of Health and Human Services contracts with Animal Licensing and Placement Services, a subsidiary of Denali Universal Services, JV, to provide domestic animal care and control services to the entire municipality